LETTER: Take my speed bumps, please

David CogginsTuscaloosa

Published: Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 11:42 p.m.

Take my speed bumps, please

Dear Editor: Jeff in Coker lamented the inability to get speed bumps on Olivewood Road. Many residents like me who live in the Maxwell Loop Road North area would gladly donate a couple of speed bumps and four-way stops to Jeff’s cause.

In a stretch of the road eight-ternths of a mile long (from Old Greensboro Road to where the road turns to dirt and then dead ends in the swamp), there are two speed bumps and four four-way stops. It is not a highly traveled road, with virtually all the traffic being local residents. There are hardly ever two vehicles at one of the four-way stops at the same time. At one of the four-way stops, there is also a speed bump — at the four-way stop! You literally have to stop on the speed bump. It is ridiculous.

It basically takes 5 minutes to go less than a mile. And that doesn’t even take into account the wasted gasoline from all the unnecessary starts and stops. It is a pitiful example of highway and traffic management.

<p>Take my speed bumps, please</p><p>Dear Editor: Jeff in Coker lamented the inability to get speed bumps on Olivewood Road. Many residents like me who live in the Maxwell Loop Road North area would gladly donate a couple of speed bumps and four-way stops to Jeff's cause. </p><p>In a stretch of the road eight-ternths of a mile long (from Old Greensboro Road to where the road turns to dirt and then dead ends in the swamp), there are two speed bumps and four four-way stops. It is not a highly traveled road, with virtually all the traffic being local residents. There are hardly ever two vehicles at one of the four-way stops at the same time. At one of the four-way stops, there is also a speed bump — at the four-way stop! You literally have to stop on the speed bump. It is ridiculous.</p><p>It basically takes 5 minutes to go less than a mile. And that doesn't even take into account the wasted gasoline from all the unnecessary starts and stops. It is a pitiful example of highway and traffic management.</p>